The film screens at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. that evening at the Miami Beach Cinematheque, 1130 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. It is a post-Holocaust documentary that follows six women and captures what it means to move from tragedy and trauma towards life. These six Holocaust survivors serve as the audience's guides on a journey that is sometimes celebratory, sometimes heart-breaking but always inspiring. The women all moved to Los Angeles, married, raised children and became "Americans," but they never truly found a place to call home in the changing face of America during the second half of the 20th century.

The film is a follow-up to the documentary "Swimming in Auschwitz," which was released in 2007 and follows the same six women both before and during the war.

Jon Kean, director for both documentaries, said in terms in what he hopes the audience can take away from the "After Auschwitz" screenings, "I just want people to see something through a different set of eyes."

"Instead of seeing it as we would see it, I want the audience to see it how they [survivors] would see it and see what it was like for people to experience trauma, come to America, how we as a country accepted them and what they had to go through."

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Kean said the film is so relatable to general audiences.

"It's not a Holocaust story," he said. "it's a story of moving from trauma to life, with the Holocaust as a backdrop."

Kean is expected to be in attendance to introduce his film and participate in an extended conversation afterward with the audience at the upcoming local screenings. The screenings are part of the second annual "Screening the Holocaust" film series, presented in partnership between the Miami Jewish Film Festival, the University of Miami's The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach and the Holocaust Teacher Institute at UM.

Igor Shteyrenberg, executive director of the Miami Jewish Film Festival, said, "Why does Jon Kean revisit Auschwitz 10 years after his original documentary 'Swimming in Auschwitz' was first released? Because it matters more a decade on, just as it will matter even more in a hundred years, and two hundred, and a thousand and so on."

"The lessons of the Holocaust – and all others – have not been exhausted and still beg reminding," Shteyrenberg continued.

Miriam Klein Kassenoff, director of the Holocaust Teacher Institute, said she loves the film.

"It's an important film because it addresses 'life after the Holocaust' and thus shows us Holocaust survivors not as camp victims but as human beings who are strong, resilient, resourceful and full of life, liberty and hope after escaping to the safety of America, 'The Golden Medina,' 'The Golden Land,'" she continued.

Kassenoff noted that the idea to develop and create a "Screening the Holocaust" film series came to her during a UM/Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher training institute while realizing how important film is to understanding this sacred history.

"I was fortunate to have Dr. Haim Shaked of the Miller Center to join with me in partnership and funding so that we could move forward working also in partnership with Igor Shteyrenberg," she noted.

Shaked, founding director of the Miller Center, said, "The overwhelming interest shown by the community in the feature and documentary films in the 'Screening the Holocaust Series' is a testament to the need to constantly enhance the educational work about the Holocaust, its roots and its lessons for humanity."

"Now in its second year, the screenings have been performed to full houses," he continued.

Visit miamijewishfilmfestival.org or call 305-573-7304 for more information on the Dec. 4 screenings and film series. While seats for both the 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. screenings are sold at full capacity, there is a wait list. Email info@miamijewishfilmfestival.org to add names to wait list for screenings, which are free.